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Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill with some exceptions, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years from the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, or is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action. The bill also prohibits the sale of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that any person who willfully and intentionally (i) sells an assault firearm to another person or (ii) purchases an assault firearm from another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and that any person who imports, sells, barters, transfers, or purchases a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Introduced
Jan 19, 2026
Last Action
Mar 14, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 16 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB749)
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB749ER)
Signed by President
Enrolled
House substitute agreed to by Senate
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/9/2026 10:46 am)
Passed by for the day
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB749)
Floor substitute printed 26109153D-H2 (Helmer)
Passed House with substitute (59-Y 35-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - floor substitute
Delegate Helmer Floor substitute agreed to
committee substitute rejected
Read third time
Floor offered Delegate Helmer Substitute
Read second time
House committee offered
Reported from Public Safety with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
Committee substitute printed 26108724D-H1
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/27/2026 4:03 pm)
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Read first time
Placed on Calendar
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB749)
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
Read second time
Committee substitute printed 26106501D-S2
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/5/2026 4:34 pm)
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/27/2026 1:49 pm)
Committee substitute printed 26106212D-S1
Senate committee offered
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB749)
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/21/2026 11:10 am)
Presented and ordered printed 26100444D
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Saddam Azlan Salim
R. Creigh Deeds
Jennifer B. Boysko
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy
Adam P. Ebbin
Barbara A. Favola
Michael J. Jones
Mamie E. Locke
L. Louise Lucas
David W. Marsden
Stella G. Pekarsky
Scott A. Surovell
Patrick A. Hope